Daily Reflection — The Lord Stands at the Door

The Lord wants to enter into your heart and be with you… yes, YOU! He stands at the door and knocks. Will you open up and let Him in?

Jesus wants to be in relation with you more than you can ever want to be in relation with Him.

So, when I think of all those times that I wanted to enter more deeply into His friendship… and failed, I have to wonder why… why?

The answer is simple. Too often we think we have to do it all, when what we really need to do is to simply remove the obstacles that keep us from opening the door. When we think of John the Baptist as, “a voice crying in the wilderness: prepare a way for the Lord, make straight the paths of our God…” we think of his preparing the way for Christ to come and proclaim the kingdom nearly two thousand years ago. And that is true of that time long ago, but Jesus also wants to proclaim His Kingdom within our hearts in our time… today… this Advent season…

Will you open your heart to Jesus today?

Will you prepare a way for the Lord to come to you?

Will you make straight His paths in your life?

Jesus is waiting to perform a miracle of love with and for you. Open up and let Him in.

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About the Author

Deacon Michael Bickerstaff is the Editor in chief and co-founder of the The Integrated Catholic Life.™ A Catholic Deacon of the Roman Rite for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Deacon Bickerstaff is assigned to St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church where he is the Director of Adult Education and Evangelization.

He is also the Founder and President of Virtue@Work, where he provides Executive and Personal Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consulting. Deacon Mike has 30+ years management consulting experience in senior executive leadership positions providing organizational planning and implementation services with a focus on human resource strategy and tax qualified retirement plan design, administration and compliance.

He is a co-founder of the successful annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference; the Chaplain of the Atlanta Chapter of the Woodstock Theological Center’s Business Conference; and Chaplain of the St. Peter Chanel Faith at Work Business Association and co-founder and Chaplain of the Marriages Are Covenants Ministry, both of which serve as models for similar parish-based ministries.

He and his wife have two married children and three grandchildren.

NB: The views I express on this site are my own. I am not an official spokesman for either my parish or diocese.

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